maxnorth

I've got around 50 devices I'm controlling from my ISY-994i. I've had some challenges with the first/main button on one of my 8-button KPLs. When I press the button, the circuit comes on, but at the dim-level it was at when last on. The "local on-level" is set at 100%, but seems to have no effect. I've looked at all my scenes and programs to see if there might be something interfering with normal operation here, but I see nothing. I'm left with the impression this is a hardware issue. I have not yet tried a factory reset. Any suggestions? (If I do a factory reset, I assume I'd have to remove all 8 buttons from all scenes first and then re-establish them? )

I haven't seen another post on this topic so here I go. I've got an Insteon motion sensor in my wife's 10 by 20 foot office and programs to bring the light on when motion is detected and keep it on so long as the sensor is active. The light is programmed to go off after 10 minutes with no motion. Works fine so long as she moves around regularly. The problem comes when she does some quiet activity, such as sitting at her desk with her back to the sensor, or sitting in a side chair while knitting or something. I've thought about adding more sensors, and I may have to try that to know for certain, but my concern is that the Insteon sensor may not be sensitive enough even when pointed directly at a quiet subject. That seems to be the case with the current sensor, which is located about 10 feet above and behind her desk chair. Are there any clever ideas for dealing with this, or different sensors I should be looking at? Yes, I do have a program that enables her to "override" the timer by pressing the On button, but she often forgets to do that until it's too late, and her patience with me is running short. "Just waive your hands" is getting old.

Update to my own question. I had a chat with Insteon today and they report that this behavior can occur when one of the bulbs is close to failing. I will have to replace my bulbs and see if that fixes it. Also, in my testing, the Level 3 event viewer shows no device communication occurring during these intervals, so the issue is completely internal to the switch.

I think this wiki entry may be a better source of friendly message keys: http://wiki.universal-devices.com/index ... ent_Viewer

No, not a three way. Typical knob and tube wiring style: Line goes through the fixture and down to the switch, where the second wire is neutral.

I've got a 100-year old house with mostly 2 wires in the j boxes. Many of my 2474 2-wire switches perform fine, mainly where I don't have extensive dimming needs. But I've got two locations that don't work. When I dim these to around 60% or less, they will eventually turn off and then back on to that level, in sort of a slow, irregular flicker. My assumption is that the switch is failing to get enough power at these levels, or something. It's not a huge deal, as my Lutron switches work fine in these locations and I can simply revert to that. One location has 6 25-watt "candlestick" type incandescent bulbs in a chandelier. The other has 4 60-watt BR30 incandescents in cans. The locations have normal voltage levels. I'm not getting any communication errors. The switches seem to steal enough power when the circuits are off. Is this expected behavior with these 2-wires?

Yes, indeed, it was. So now, my question is not only answered, but I've learned how to use the ISY to control those options. Wonderful! Tested and fixed. Thanks so much.

A quick question. I've set my Insteon motion sensor for On-Only using jumper 4 and have reset it several times, including a factory reset. Still, when I add it to a scene with a Switchlinc, it will turn off the light after the countdown timer expires. Is there something about using a sensor in a Scene that does not allow me to use the On-only option? or is the sensor perhaps defective? My remedy at the moment is to avoid a Scene and instead use a program to turn the light on and off (via Wait statement). Works fine. Thanks in advance...